Infection Control · single question
Which of the following items should NOT be placed in the biohazard SHARPS container?
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Correct answer: A. Clean, uncontaminated broken glassware from the laboratory
- A. Correct — this is the exception. CLEAN, uncontaminated broken glass (for example a dropped mixing beaker or drinking glass) is not regulated medical waste. It goes into a rigid, puncture-resistant container labeled for sharp debris and is discarded with general waste — not into the red biohazard sharps container, which is reserved for CONTAMINATED sharps.
- B. A used scalpel blade is a contaminated sharp — it belongs in the biohazard sharps container.
- C. A used anesthetic needle is the archetypal contaminated sharp; never recap two-handed, and dispose in the sharps container.
- D. A broken carpule contaminated with blood or saliva is regulated sharps waste.
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